Kuma Raj Subedi
Since long clear and pure
Water from the Himalayas have vanished,
Law and order are breached,
Peace has become obscure,
People are panicking,
Pandemic has torn families apart,
Communal harmony-
Marred and depleted with racism
Beauty of places and nature
Is diminishing due to pollution,
Toil has lost its value,
Politics has missed its course,
Sun is cursed not to shine in secular land
With Kausaki’s curse,
As you are aware about Nirmala’s situation,
However we have a government
It has issued a press release!
Dear people,
We whole heartedly love you
We are concerned about your situation
Water is bottled in distillery
Law and order is being restored
Peace has been sent to Its missions
In short term basis
Fear not the Pandemic
Population needs to be curbed anyway
We have turmeric
Simply cough and sneeze it like a flu
Harmony will be restored
Curbing civil rights
As we firmly believe
Liberty stinks like a fart
Labor is transferred to Gulf
We simply bag remittances and chill out
Politics here is a game
Let us play it
Till it is ignored and devalued
Then we will workout a new system
We’re fasting and meditating in disguise
To awake Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwor
To caste the bad spell upon us
As we are secular state
Investigation is a key
We keep on doing it.
However,
We have been able to form a government
So please calm down
Everything will be OK!
[Mr. Subedi is a poet and blogger. He is currently based in South Australia. He is a lecturer at TafeSA.]